January 5, 2021: Canterbury's 'other' Turvey
Had Justice James Burchett ruled the other way, South African centre Marc Turvey's life would have turned out quite differently.
“GATVOL!”
This is the Afrikaans word Marc Turvey uses to sum up his experiences at Canterbury 25 years ago this month.
“It means ‘had enough’,” he says helpfully from Cape Town. Today, the Bulldogs’ ‘other’ Turvey is a landscaper in the Western Cape region of South Africa.
Back in ‘96, he was a promising 21-year-old rugby union centre signed in the same Su…
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